Tagged along with WeiDong (Grace's high school classmate) and his two friends from Xinjiang Province to local tourist spots yesterday afternoon. Photos showing lunch at a farmers' commune by the bank of Mudanjiang River around 1 hour's drive upstream of Mudanjiang city, and a feline zoo where I was allowed to hold a tiger cub for my photo session.
The farmers' commune/village housed 820 residents, boasting a telephone in each household, with annual income averaging RMB8000 per capita. Dining in farmers' villages is in vogue for its greenie healthy appeal. Couldnt find another more scenic spot near the city. Lunch cost RMB160 for 4. Farmers can now command a higher price premium for their basic cuisine. (photo 4: crossing Mudanjiang River on a barge; Photo 5: laundry at river bank among frolicking ducks)
The Feline Zoo housed mostly Northeast (China) Tigers (东北虎）, around 400 tigers, whose daily diet consists of 8.5kg of beef and a live chick. Food for the tigers cost RMB45,000 a day. To maintain the hunting instinct of the tigers (and to enhance revenue), visitors can view live hunting by the tigers by paying for live animals: chicken at RMB100 each. Better angles than the National Geography channel but yours truly here didnt subscribe to this special Pay PerView channel. (Photo 1: closest I have ever been to a 3 yr old white tiger; Photo 2: Holding a 1 yr old cub; Photo 3: Tigers watching us in enclosed van)
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